75. LioPHis. 135 



Liopbis (Lygophis) y-grajcum, Peters, Sitzb. Gcs. nat. Fr. 1882, 



p. 129. 

 Aporophis conirostris, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxii. 1885, 



p. JUL 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Rostral broader 

 than deep, well visible from above ; interuasals as long as broad or 

 broader than long, as long as or shorter than the praefrontals ; 

 frontal nearly twice as long as broad, as long as or longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 deeper than long ; one pree- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 

 eight ui)per labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior. Scales iu 19 rows. Ventrals 1 49-168 ; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 58-08. Length of tail 4^ to 5 times in the 

 total length. Olive above, with four longitudinal series of dark 

 spots ; a light streak along the posterior half (sometimes the whole) 

 of the body and tail ; head brown, with a light V" or y-shaped 

 marking on the parietals ; upper lip yellowish, the shields usually 

 with black sutures; belly yellowish, spotted or checkered with 

 black. 



Total length 500 millim. ; tail 105. 



Brazil, Paraguay, 



a. 5 (V. 155 ; C. 68). Brazil. J. S. Bowerbank, 1 (Types of 



Esq. [P.]. I L. com- 



h. 5 (V. 160; C. 68). Bahia. Haslar Collection, f rostris.) 



c, d, e. 2 (V. 162 ; C. Bahia. Dr. 0. Wucherer rC.]. 



6.3) & vg. (V. 155, ^ ^ 



157; 0.^04,?). 



/-//. f? (V. 149; C. ?) S. Jose dos Mr. A. Thomson [P 1. 



& 2 (V. 163; C. 62). Campos, Prov. 

 S. Paulo. 



h-i. 2 (V. 156, 154 ; Rio Grande do Dr. 11. v. Iheriuo- fC 1 



C.58, ?). Sul. "^ '^' 



k. Yg. (V. 156; C. 63). Paraguay. Lord Dormer [P.]. 



10. LiopMs viridis. 



Liophis viridis, Gilnth. Ann. (§• Map. JV. JE. (3) ix. 1862, p. 58, pi. ix. 



fig. 2. 

 typhlus, var. prasina, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, 



p. 288, and Icon. Gen. 18, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1866). 

 Opheomorphus viridis, Cujie, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 102. 



Eye moderate ; snout short and rather pointed. Rostral broader 

 than deep, well visible from above ; interuasals as long as broad, as 

 long as or shorter than the pra3frontals ; frontal once and two thirds 

 to twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of 

 the snout, as long as or a little longer than the parietals ; loreal as 

 long as deep or deeper than long ; one pra3- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 



